Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Title:: Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Year of publication:: 1871

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25 ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA). into account; the pay of the political ^o^nt is 1,400 rupees per month; the doctor eceives 650 rupees; the clerk, 100 rupees; the erpreter, 60 rupees, and then there are nine or u peous who receive in all 190 rupees ; all that ^ together, with a certain amount for con- ^ ^gent expenses, boats, flags, stationery, house though the establishment of the surgeon the agency belong to Government, still you in/^ put down 100 rupees as the amount of w that the capital expended on those houses ould render), would make it 3,100 7. Then if w established vice consuls on the coast, it uiild make it a little more than that, because 40n would be something like 300 7. or th ^ ^ year for each one ; so that if you had ^/^e or four, it Avould come to about 1,200 7., ^ich, Avith the other amount, Avould have to be between the tAvo GoA’ernments. ; 25. 'hiv. Foioler.'] You spoke of 3,000 slaves ^ lUg required for the population of Zanzi- are those slaves kindly treated? — They l^i^.^ery Avell treated in the Island of Zanzibar, ef course they are always slaA^es ; the master ni'n-L poAver of life or death over them ; he j ^ght be amenable to a local court of justice, but do not think he Avould be very severely 1 Uiushed for killing a slave. The blood money of ihmaccording to the value of the slave hß is Avhat they call a green slave tb 1 y® u slave just come from the interior), ® blood money is only 25 dollars ; if he is at fo^. ^^^ustomed to manual labour it is 50 dollars ; be ^î’tizan, a bricklayer, and so on, it Avould it, ^ dollars, and for a good looking concubine '^^ouldbe 100 dollars. 26. There is no restraint upon the treatment of slaves by their masters, except their oAvn in terests ?—That is so ; they are treated as you would treat your horse. 327. But the slaA^es are generally kindly treated? — They are very kindly treated, except on the transit betAveen the coast of Africa and the coast of Arabia ; I Avould not say they are harshly treated there, but they are packed very closely, and ill fed ; I take it that they are ill fed because they are much more easily managed Avhen they are Aveak, and in ill condition, than Avhen they are strong ; if they Avere A'^ery strong they might overpoAver the creAV. 328. Are you acquainted Avith Egypt? — Yes. 329. Would you consider that, practically, the system of slavery in Zanzibar was like the system of slavery in Egypt?—I think there is very little difference. 330. I have ahvays understood that in Egypt the slaves are very kindly treated ?—Yes ; they are so in Zanzibar, too. 331. I presume that in Egypt there is more restraint upon the poAver of life and death, for instance?—Yes; though the law AAmuld be the same, the Koran. In Turkey, since Sultan Abdul Mejid came into poAver, they have insti tuted the Ka-noon, Avhich is a laAv beyond the Koran ; there is no such laAv as the Ka-noon in Zanzibar. . 4^^' J presume that contact with Avestern civilisation Avhich has operated in Turkey and Egypt, Avould not have had any effect in Zan zibar?—Very little. There are A^ery fsAV Euro peans there; still, the Arabs of Zanzibar are very gentle, and I may say, quite as civilised as the Turks. Mr. Churchill 13 July 1871. 0 118. D

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